Well, I have another Ball...

I was looking in our local paper's classifieds and there was an ad for a Ball Python and enclosure for $75. So I called immediately after getting off of work and the owner said that someone had already called, but he was still hesitant about selling the snake to the first caller(first person was a teenage boy that didn't ask any questions about the snake or tell anything about himself, so that was a no-brainer). I told the guy I would give him $80 in cash up front as well as telling him about myself, that I am a vet tech, and that I have 6 other snakes that are all wonderfully cared for. Needless to say, the owner was very relieved that someone with a bit of experience called, and he agreed to meet me in town so I could meet him and get the snake.

The Ball is 2+ years and is in OK shape, just small and is in shed(very dry, eyecaps cracked and looks to be multuple eyecaps on one side from what I could see). Was fed twice a month on a small, live mouse. Cage is a 20g long critter cage that had a teensy UTH, carpet as substrate, cheap dial temp/humidity gauges, and one half log "hide". Don't know what I'll do with that, but maybe a Beardie/Uro would like it the tank, LoL.

I also probed it and it probes female, but I will probe it again when I get my actual probe kit from my friend(left it in her car on the way back from the Reptile Show). Snake was probed ghetto-style by a 2.5-3.0mm rounded-end crochete hook(NOT the hook you silly people, the blunt, and round-edged handle end). It was a perfect probe, just not ball-tipped.

So anywho! I have another Ball now. Going to set up the final enclosure tonight as last night's was just a makeshift keep-the-snake-warm-and-offer-hides type thing. Is a 40qt tub ok? Seems like it would be fine, but my big girl is in a Sterilite 1995, and the 40qt I'm talking about is the 1986 but has a clear lid instead of white. The snake is maybe 3-3.5ft long, weight is unknown.